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By Dave Hitt on Feb 21, 2013 in Personal Adventures | 13 Comments
Free Clue, B&N: In today’s market no retailer can afford to piss off any customer, even one who only shops there occasionally. Shopping elsewhere is easy, cheaper, and fun. You’re barely staying alive, and this is one of the reasons.
By Dave Hitt on Jan 14, 2013 in Big Brother, Nanny Nation, Politics | 8 Comments
State and Federal Legislators are trying to rush gun restrictions into law before the memory of Sandy Hook fades. It’s important they capitalize on fear, paranoia, and the innumeracy of the pubic before people lose interest and turn their attention to something else. Many of the restrictions seem reasonable, like background checks, licensing and tests […]
By Dave Hitt on Jan 4, 2013 in Junk Science, Politics, Ridiculous, Yeah - That'll Work | 0 Comments
Southington, Connecticut, thinks they have a solution to violence. They’re offering a $25 gift card for every violent video game that’s turned in. The games will be incinerated, probably just with matches, although it would be much cooler if they destroyed them with a flamethrower or a BFG. They don’t define what makes a game […]
By Dave Hitt on Dec 12, 2012 in Junk Science | 11 Comments
The claim is becoming more and more common on the social sites I haunt: There is a cure for cancer, but Big Pharma is hiding it because they make far more money on ineffective treatments than they could from curing the disease. Could this possibly be true? This is not a new claim. Thirty-five years […]
By Dave Hitt on Nov 2, 2012 in Personal Adventures, Pop Culture | 4 Comments
Many many years ago I thought “I’d like to read a novel about a vampire who becomes a Jehovah’s Witness.”  But no one had written one, so I had to. Blood Witness, released as a podiobook a while back, is now available on your kindle for less than the price of a Starbucks coffee. It’s […]
By Dave Hitt on Oct 19, 2012 in Atheism | 1 Comment
I’ve seen quite a few mashups done in this style, and while most of them are pretty cool they usually seem a little forced, a little contrived. Not this one, though. It captures not just the words, but the style and attitude of my two favorite philosophers.
By Dave Hitt on Oct 6, 2012 in Politics, Yeah - That'll Work | 9 Comments
I like PBS. I watched Cosmos as a youngster and it filled me with wonder and helped fuel my love of science. I thought Julia Child was a hoot, and she helped inspire my love of cooking. Sesame Street wasn’t around when I was a kid, but my kids loved it and I enjoyed watching […]